Exclusive: Planning documents show datacentre in north Ockendon will be incompatible with UK net zero targetsA “hyperscale” datacentre in outer London would generate more than 1m tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, equivalent to...
Read MoreAndy Burnham promises drive to tackle toxic waste, raise fines and use AI-powered drones to detect illegal activityIllegal dumps in West Yorkshire, Surrey and Kent will be cleared up using taxpayer money, Andy Burnham has...
Read MoreThe climate crisis is hitting Europe hard in 2026, warming twice as fast as any other continent. What is to blame?The whole world is getting hotter as carbon pollution from fossil fuel burning traps ever more heat, but Europe is...
Read MoreBritain exported 139,000 tonnes of rubbish to Turkey last year, leaving smallholders and poor districts of Adana to cope with the debris, microplastics and toxic smokeUK plastic ‘waste colonialism’ found to be polluting Turkey’s...
Read MoreExclusive: Analysis of NHS England data reveals stark impact of air pollution in deprived areasChildren living in the poorest areas across England are 40% more likely to be admitted to hospital for respiratory infections, an...
Read MoreIndustrial poultry farming is killing our rivers. But rather than stop it, the government has been facilitating it. Will Andy Burnham end this ecocide?There’s a slightly mean question I often ask British people with an interest...
Read MorePeople in Thornton-Cleveleys want answers on the impact of widespread contamination around the chemical plant“Everything I wanted was finally coming to fruition. A house, a change of job and getting married,” says Liz Hurst,...
Read MoreDespite contamination at Malkins Bank in Cheshire, it is deemed suitable for golf … and now a children’s play areaOne morning in Sandbach, a neighbour appeared at Graham Warner’s door with a large folder: a delivery, she said,...
Read MoreGuided by floating barriers, the Interceptor has already stopped more than 143,000lbs of rubbish from entering the Pacific from one LA riverOn an overcast June morning, I step from the rubber-sided Zodiac boat on to a floating...
Read MoreScientists believe they may now have found the cause of Fair Isle’s pollution – and warn that it should be ringing alarm bells in other coastal areasWhen the wind picks up on Fair Isle, Britain’s most remote inhabited island,...
Read MoreCalaminarian grassland is a rare habitat where plants thrive in soils contaminated by heavy metals. But should these toxic meadows be protected or allowed to fade away?At first, the small purple flowers are hard to spot in the...
Read MoreFor 150 years, the Mease had been altered by human hands, which destroyed habitats. But in 2013, a restoration project began – and now its wetlands are abuzz with wildlife‘A noisy river is a healthy river,” says Ruth Needham of...
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